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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024as•pi•ra•tion /ˌæspəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - a strong desire;
ambition;
goal:[countable]The presidency had been her aspiration since college. - Phonetics the pronouncing of a speech sound accompanied by a puff of breath:[uncountable]English sounds like p,t, or k at the beginning of words have aspiration.
- Medicine[uncountable]
- the act of removing a fluid from the body with a hollow needle with suction.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•pi•ra•tion (as′pə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - strong desire, longing, or aim;
ambition:intellectual aspirations. - a goal or objective desired:The presidency is the traditional aspiration of young American boys.
- act of aspirating;
breath. - Phonetics
- articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key.
- the use of an aspirate in pronunciation.
- Medicine
- the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe.
- the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
- Latin aspīrātiōn- (stem of aspīrātiō). See aspirate, -ion
- Middle French)
- late Middle English (1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged yearning, craving.
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